By Riya Gohil (Noun. /NEW-klee-uh-sohm/) What does it mean? A nucleosome is a unit of eight proteins (called histones) that […]
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Cloning: Turning Sci-Fi Movies into Reality
By Mohamed Nasr Have you ever wondered what could happen if there were several exact copies of yourself? What would […]
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Chromosomal Crossover
By Mohamed Nasr (noun. /kro-mo-SO-muhl KROSS-over/) What does it mean? Chromosomal crossover, also known as “crossing over”, is the process […]
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Gel Electrophoresis
Welcome to our first installment of “Techniques”! With these posts about methods and tools, we hope to give you a […]
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Commercial DNA Testing Kits: Worth the Price?
By Rami Major Commercial DNA testing kits are becoming increasingly more popular. Although they can be fun windows into our […]
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The Human Genome Project: More Questions than Answers
By Laetitia Meyrueix The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an amazing endeavor to map the full human genome. A genome […]
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CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing of Humans – Future or Fiction?
By Dominika Trzilova You’re half of your mom and half of your dad. You get different characteristics from each parent, many […]
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The Other Humans
By Rachel Cherney “Where did we come from?” “Why are we here?” These questions have been asked since the dawn […]
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Space Biology: The Search for Life Beyond Earth
By Sam Stadmiller Have you ever wondered if aliens are real? Well, scientists do too, and they spend lots of […]
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E. coli: The Bug We Love and Hate
By Yitong Li The recent E. coli outbreak is all over the news these days. These malignant bacteria can be […]
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“Y” So Different?
By Rachel Cherney While a baby is developing, it is by default, female. However, with the presence of the Y […]
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How to Copy DNA: The Invention of the Polymerase Chain Reaction
By Matt Niederhuber There’s a good chance you’ve heard about DNA testing before, probably on a crime TV show or […]
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The Secrets of Our DNA
By Eva Vitucci The human body is composed of trillions of cells – these cells make up your skin, hair, […]
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Thank Mom for Your Mitochondria
By Michelle Engle We inherit ½ of our chromosomal DNA from our mothers, but that’s not the only thing we […]
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Ancient Virus Genes Make Male Mice Extra Muscular
By Lauriel Earley You’ve probably already heard that you may have more bacterial cells than human cells in your body*, […]
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Genes and Giants in Ireland
By Michelle Engle Genetics is usually advertised as a science that impacts the future – the future of healthcare, the […]
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Epigenetics – More Than What You’re Born With
By Mike Pablo Versión en Español It’s well-known that children can inherit features from their parents. Eye color, hair color, […]
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DNA: An Eyewitness to Crime
By Christina Marvin Crime dramas such as NCIS and Law and Order engross us with images of law enforcement blasting […]
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